The selfie paradox: people like taking selfies, but hate looking at selfies of others

Dunja Djudjic

Do you take selfies or they annoy you? We have recently reported about a study that shows people are ready to accept selfies as a tool. But another study shows an interesting twist when it comes to selfies. It seems many people are willing to take them, yet not so many want to look at […]

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This is the most highly anticipated camera of 2017

Dunja Djudjic

What’s the camera you are looking forward to? Are you upgrading your gear this year? There were several exciting announcements of cameras we can expect in 2017. Zacuto ran a poll asking the users what is the most anticipated camera for them in 2017. They have published the list of top five most anticipated cameras, […]

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Does Size Matter? Upgrading Your Gear For The Wrong Reasons

Chamira Young

Let’s face it, many photographers believe that “bigger is better.” I know I initially did years ago. Large is in charge, and it’s easy to assume that success is a reflection of how impressive or expensive our camera body or lens is. However, I personally believe that this is less and less true these days. In…

Photographer of the Day: Ryu Voelkel

Vanelli

Category: Sports Photograph: “Wolfsburg v Manchester United” by Ryu Voelkel Ryu captured a great emotional sports moment. Keeping his depth of field shallow, he was able to isolate the player to add to the story. Originally shared with the Photofocus Flickr community right here. To learn how your work can be featured on the Photofocus, please read this…

Swiss couple quit their jobs to travel Asia and create this epic hyperlapse

Dunja Djudjic

Other than coming home with great photos, traveling enriches your soul and helps you learn more about yourself, the others, and the world. A young Swiss couple shares this point of view, and they have even quit their jobs so they can travel Asia for six months. And it wasn’t for nothing. Sylvain Botter and […]

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Pixlplay casing turns your smartphone into 35mm-style camera for your kids

Dunja Djudjic

Do you have a smartphone (or maybe more than just one) lying somewhere around the house? There is an interesting project on Kickstarter aimed at repurposing a smartphone and introducing your kids to photography. Pixlplay is a smartphone housing designed as a classic 35mm camera. It combines hardware and software, so you can connect it […]

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This urban explorer illegally climbs skyscrapers and bridges to take photos

Dunja Djudjic

How far would you go to take the perfect shot? Would you climb the tallest buildings around the world to take photos? The 19-year-old German photographer Andrej Ciesielski does exactly this. Other than being unsafe, this is also illegal, so he puts a lot to risk to take the breathtaking cityscapes. But is it worth it? […]

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Nissin Air10s

Zoltan Arva-Toth

The Nissin A10s is a new 2.4Ghz wireless TTL flash commander for Fujifilm, Sony, Micro Four Thirds, Canon and Nikon cameras.
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This is how light pollution affects our view of the night sky

John Aldred

A little while ago, we showed you a video from photographer Sriram Murali. In it, we saw how different levels of light pollution affected your view of the Milky Way. He went to various areas where the sky ranked between 1 (the darkest skies you can get) and 9 (inner city sky). The problem was, […]

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